SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)
SpaceX pulled off a launch-tower catch of Starship's Super Heavy booster during a test flight today (Jan. 16) but lost the vehicle's upper stage.
SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster during test flight
While the Starship is lost, the mission's first-stage booster successfully returned to the launch tower, where it was caught by the tower's robotic arms.
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft destroyed in mega rocket launch
Telemetry from the Starship froze just more than 8 minutes after launch from Texas, moments after engines began shutting down.
SpaceX Starship spacecraft is lost on 7th test flight
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, pulled off a daring booster catch on its most ambitious test flight yet, but the spacecraft was lost. Follow for the latest news.
What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 launch test today?
SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft is apparently destroyed after launch test: Watch video
The uncrewed Starship spacecraft was apparently destroyed during its first flight launch of 2025 that blasted off from south Texas.
SpaceX loses spacecraft after successful booster catch in Starship test
SpaceX said the ship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn,” moments after a dramatic, successful booster catch at the launchpad.
SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the launch pad in latest Starship test
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. Elon Musk’s company said Starship broke apart — what it called a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.
SpaceX loses newest version of Starship spacecraft during seventh launch
After delays, SpaceX's uncrewed Starship vehicle, composed of both the spacecraft itself and the Super Heavy rocket booster, launched Thursday.
US grounds SpaceX's Starship after test flight explosion
The US has grounded SpaceX's giant Starship rocket while an investigation is carried out into why it exploded during its latest test flight. The rocket's upper stage dramatically broke up and disintegrated over the Caribbean after launching from Texas on Thursday,
SpaceX's Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert
A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program.
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